1ST NOVEMBER,TIME OUT.
My husband went for fishing to Sutluj river.I went in my kitchen garden it was cloudy and it was 1st of November.Time out no more sowing.I picked what I can i;e fenugeri,some spinach,radish,peas and a hand full of ripe lemons and some figs.I cut the figs pierce them and tied them to dry .Made a big glass of lemonade for myself,and put the squeezed lemons in the pickle.Then I cooked Samber with my vegetables.Good start for free days.
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Comment by amna mufti on November 3, 2009 at 2:01am - Thanx Everett! fenugri is very beneficial and easy to grow ,you can eat its leaves cooked with other vegetable.Its seeds are very useful .They are used in pickles, many dishes and masala mixes.We grow rice in flooded fields.Although our area is not totally suitable for cultivating rice,as it is somewhat drier.If we move four hundred kilometers to north we will find the best places for basmati rice in the world. You can google these areas they are Kamonki,and Gujranwala.Here in our area we cultivate rice by planting their nursery.And then we transplant this nursery to the flooded fields and all.I will upload some pics of our rice fields.
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Comment by amna mufti on November 3, 2009 at 1:40am
- Hi Saba! We just sow wheat on the rice fields with out ploughing ,them ,with drill.This year we are planting sahar a late variety.As compared to planting potatoes, harvesting rice and picking cotton it seems a child's play .No labor is required except a driver. So I didn't mention it.Are you planting strawberries this year?I am Didn't get the nursery due to war in swat .So I left the idea behind.
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Comment by Salma Kamal on November 3, 2009 at 12:42am -
Here in Islamabad ,fields are been prepared mostly for strawberries and wheat.Wheat has to be sown before 15 november.So we have to hurry up now.
Are you not sowing wheat this season??
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Comment by Everett McDonald on November 2, 2009 at 7:07pm -
I like the blog Amna. I'll have to google fenugeri to see what it is. I just finished reading "One Straw
Revolution" by Masanobu Fukuoka.He wrote about growing rice in a field instead of a flooded
paddy. I understan that the Mhong people of Laos also grow their rice in dry fields. How do you
in Pakistan grow it? Enjoy your time out.
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